Instrumentation
2009-10


Program I


7/8 Nov 2009

Giovani Gabrieli. Sonata pian e forte 7’
0 0 0 0    2 2 3 1
R. Strauss. Four Last Songs 24’
4* 3* 3* 3*    4 3 3 1    T, cel, hp    strings
(2 piccolos, English horn, bass clarinet, contra bassoon)
Mendelssohn. Symphony No. 3 (Scottish) 40’
2 2 2 2     4 2 0 0    T    strings


Program II

24/30/31 January 2010

Chopin. Military Polonaise (arr. Glazonov) 4’
3* 2 2 2    4 2 3 0    T+3    strings
(piccolo)
Chopin. Piano Concerto No. 2 32’
2 2 2 2    2 2 1 0    T    strings
(bass trombone)
Bruckner. Symphony No. 4 (Romantic) 70’
2 2 2 2    4 3 3 1    T    strings


Program III

20/21 March 2010

R. Strauss. “Themes from Also Sprach Zarathustra” 5’
2 1 3* 1 2sax    4 3 2 1    T+2, opt. piano    strings
(bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax)
Holst. Suite from “The Planets” (1st 4 mvmts., reduced orchestration) 27’
3* 3* 3* 2    4 3 3 1    2T+3, 2hp, cel    strings
(piccolo, Eng. horn, bass clarinet)
Nathaniel Stookey. The Composer is Dead 30’
2* 2* 2* 2*    4 2 4 1    T+3, hp    strings
(piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet, contra bassoon)


Program IV

15/16 May 2010

Schumann. Piano Concerto 31’
2 2 2 2    2 2 0 0    T    strings
Schubert. Symphony in C Major (The Great) 48’
2 2 2 2    4 2 3 0    T    strings